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Has anyone done an experiment administering rapamycin to humans to see if it slows aging? Would that experiment pass an ethics committee?

• nradov 3mo ago
  We don't even have reliable biomarkers for aging in general so what would the endpoints for such an experiment be?
  • inigyou 3mo ago
    Lifespan would be an easy one to measure. Experiment could take a while.
    • nradov 3mo ago
      Tough to control for all the confounding variables, though.
      • onesandofgrain 3mo ago
        Someone here wants humans to die early indeed.
  • onesandofgrain 3mo ago
    We do. Read Ending Aging by aubrey de gray
    • nradov 3mo ago
      Nah, he just makes things up. Junk science.